Currently, we post our stories on the IW forum. I'm unsure about not posting them there, because by and large many of the people on the forum don't venture to the other areas of the Zoo, but I would like to see a pure art/fiction forum thrive and if posting fanfiction there motivates others (not saying that I'm a motivator or inspire anything from anyone, but other people, like Mythos the IW fanfic guru, might)

So... I guess my question is, should fanfic/art stay just on their respective board, should it go to just this possible forum, both, or just on one and have a link pointing back to the other?

I'm under the impression that htere is a "cross-post" feature that mods can use to appear to post a thread to two different fora. I think it exists, anyway. If not I'm gonna go beat somebody up to get that mod in.

Someone creative needs to come up with a name and description. I heard "Fish Stories" earlier, that sounds good... Now we need a good description to go with it.

As far as rules in the forum, I think one of the biggest should be "CONSTRUCTIVE criticism only", meaning no replies to the effect of "That was awful." but rather "It needed some work here, here, and there".

Also, I think any slash that gets posted needs to be clearly labelled as such to avoid any unpleasant surprises.

If Mythos wants the job, I'll bow out graciously. We still need to establish what kind of stuff can be posted though. I hope it isn't limited to webcomics myself, since I prefer to write anime fanfics, but it might be better accepted here.

If Mythos wants the job, I'll bow out graciously. We still need to establish what kind of stuff can be posted though. I hope it isn't limited to webcomics myself, since I prefer to write anime fanfics, but it might be better accepted here.

Well, lately he's been doing webcomics, but he did start out doing anime fiction.

So... I guess my question is, should fanfic/art stay just on their respective board, should it go to just this possible forum, both, or just on one and have a link pointing back to the other?

Sorry I missed this earlier. I see no reason why those IW! fics should not be posted on that forum. The main fanbase like's to read them, and should be able to find them with ease. Since the link at the site leads directly to the forum rather than the main page, it would be easier to leave them on that forum. Same goes for the art.

That's not to say that IW! fics and art wouldn't be accepted in "Fish Stories." If someone were to post a story there rather than in the IW forum, there shouldn't be a problem. The only thing is that they might get fewer reviews since many people don't venture out of the IW boards to explore the rest of Nightstar. I certainly didn't until recently.

Another idea: Should the author of the story create a separate thread for commentary? It would make it easier to read the story, but at the same time, possibly clutter up the forum.

Well, there's always crossposting. Just copy the text and post it in Fish Stories as well as the IW forum.

As far as separate threads for story and commentary... I find that it's *REALLY* hard to keep the story and the commentary together, unless the poster creates both threads at the same time and puts a link in the story thread for the commentary thread, and vice versa.

Also, you'll always get somebody who doesn't know the rules posting to the story thread, which can be a pain to fix, so about the only way to successfully do this creates a lot of extra work for both the poster and the moderator. The poster has to post both threads and then go in and edit one of them to update the link, and the moderator has to be on hand to lock the story thread before it gets posted to... Not worth the hassle in my mind.

Just let the commentaries go onto the story thread. If it gets nasty for one particular story, the moderator can always split the thread later.

I wouldn't mind co-modding the forum. I already co-mod the forum for the webcomic I produce with Gerald, Crazie and Loki, HappyPure.

As far as what should go there...I am ambivalent to anything other than fanfiction and art / fanart. If original works are posted there, there is too much complicity should those works be stolen. I understand copyright law and this is an open field. So, that's my opinion on that.

Also, I VERY much think that a "Constructive Criticism Only" atmosphere be held. To keep this forum from becoming the trash that is Fanfic.net.

I used to write anime fanfics. My name is not unknown in those parts, though it was different than it is now. I write webcomic, and specifically IW, fanfics because I like to.

If I am to be a mod, there are certain protocol that we should go over in order that this doesn't degenerate into either a bitching contest or a desperate and insipid plea for attention. And we both know who we're talking about.

Um...yeah...that is all...

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